Hi everyone,
I haven't been on here in a long time and I've miss it. Its good to read some of your posts again - this site is full of the kindest, most caring people around.
I have a question..do any of you know the reason why my heart is pounding lately? It's been going on for several days now and makes me feel lightheaded, weak and out of breath. My first PM implanted in 1995 was wonderful and I had no problems with it until it needed to be replaced in 2004. The current PM however, has been uncomfortable from the moment it was implanted. For several months I had constant PVC's that made me feel choked, out of breath and just weak. The cardiologist I was seeing would just shrug and say I was fine, there was nothing he could do e...

 

I received my pacemaker on August 16, 2010. Things seem to be going fairly well. However, I am noticing swelling in my left are (pacemaker is on left side). Not severe, but uncomfortable, and troubling. I would love to know if anyone else is experiencing the same or anything similar.

 

Nobody knew him and I totally forgot he had a pacemaker but my uncle just passed away a day before his 94th B-day. His PM was running low but the doctors told my aunt that they won't do a replacement for him. Pretty much he died from old age. He will be missed by all that knew him and loved him. RIP Uncle Erv.

 

This is my first post and sorry its so long but you will understand after reading.

So my wife had a pacemaker put in on May 28th 2010 and she is under 30 years old. Everything after that has been awful. First she had a collapse lung happen during the surgery, She had chest tube to remove the fluid. Soon after they discovered blood clots in her arm and at the wire insertion point and have put her on blood thinners. Soon after that they discovered a lead had perferated her heart. They had to make a window in her pericardial sac around the heart, back track the lead and repostion it. Also a another chest tube put in to remove fluid. Soon after that we were back in because she had more fluid around the lung. Another ch...

 

I have had my pacemaker about 5 weeks now and have had problems with the atrial lead stimulating my diaphram. The pacemaker rep's have made adjustments to it 3 times to try to keep it from stimulating my diaphragm. Each time it seemed to make to me feel worse. Is this all in my head that I would not feel as well as I did in the first 1-2 weeks before they made any adjustments? Before adjustments I did not notice my heart rate increasing but now I do. I do have tachy-brady sydrome (SSS) but was hoping if my bradycardia was controlled it might improve my tachy episodes. Any advice would help.

 

Ok...I've been wired for 9 months, and over the last 3 months, I've started having LOTS of trouble going to sleep and sleeping. I have almost a heavy feeling on my chest. I wake up at least 5 nights a week feeling like I'm catching my breath. I was doing an inhaler, because I thought it was asthma acting up. Even when I just lay down, I can feel my heart beating VERY hard and tends to make me even kinda nervous feeling? I have the most trouble when I'm on my back and on my right side. Left is some better. I went to Dr. for asthma, but he isnt sure thats the problem. He said most dont wake up in the middle of an asthma attack? Some coughing fits during the day, but most after I lay down. HELP.... I work at a school and now with t...

 

I have had my PM for almost 3 yrs...for 3rd degree heart block. I have started to have pain over the sight where the PM is on my chest. Any ideas what might be causing this?

 

So for anyone who read my post from yesterday, I saw the doctor today after another episode. (By the way I take no meds)

Yesterday: First thing in the morning took dog for a short walk and could tell my HR was rising. Came home went upstairs and HR took off to at least 140. (The upper limit on my pm is 150).It continued to rise with minimal effort. Told daughter to call 911. HR was coming down when EMT arrived. In hospital all was ok. Saw the EP and they set my pm to record atrial activity. Flet fine the rest of the day as long as I didn't climb stairs, but knew my HR was up a bit with just normal walking. Resting HR was in the mid 70s.

Today: Felt great 1st thing this morning. Ate breakfast and after going upstairs, ...

 

Came home from the ER about an hour ago. This morning after coming back from a walk with the dog, my heart began to race up to about 150. Since I have a pm for 3rd degree heartblock as soon as the HR went above 150 it put me into heartblock.

Everything was fine in the ER. The only adjustment madeto the pm was to see what the atrium was doing .

So almost as soon as I came home it started again. HR went up to 140 just sitting. It is going up and down and I feel miserable. Just did a phone interrogation and waiting to hear what to do. Anyone possibly know what could be happening?

Thanks and I love you guys!

 

Hi
My 5 Year old son just recently had a triple lead pacemaker implanted. I am having serious problems with getting him to go to sleep. On average he his up for about 14hrs a day with no nap in between. if anyone can provide me with any information it would be greatly appreciated. THANKS

 

My mom got her pacemaker over 10 weeks ago, and it still hasn't healed. About 3 weeks ago, the Dr. removed the pacemaker body (leads intact), cleaned the wound, replaced the pacemaker and stapled the wound closed. Staples were removed and the lateral edge still hadn't healed. I think she is rejecting the pacemaker, but the leads seem to be working well. I think the pacemaker needs to be removed and the wound allowed to heal. Can this be done?

 

Hi

Not been on the site for ages and coping well. Recently though have had a bout of missed beats feels uncomfortable. Went into A & E and they hooked me to a heart monitor for the night and said nothing untoward and I am due to see a cardiologist on the 29th September. Been told in the meantime to not over-do exercise until checked.

Anyone else out there get these bouts and any info on what I can do.

 

I am writing for my grandmother. she will be 84 next week and just had a PM placed 5 days ago. That was the beginning of what seems to be a long road! Did great the first 2 days and went home with me for assistance since she lives alone. (she has had 4 hip replacements and 2 knees so getting around requires a walker or cane. we didn't want her to over do the usage of her arm after PM placed)

The 3rd day after surgery she began to comlain of shoulder and back pain. Then there was majoring "thumping" that I could even see from the exterior. add to that the occasional heart racing with pulse up to 130. The office put it off on PVCs, and wanted to put her on a betablocker to help. Hello....you can't see PVCs from OUTSIDE the...

 

Hi I had to have one of my leads replace and pacemaker also 1/1/2 year left.The Doctor put in a second pacemaker and replace the bad lead,for 5 years I complain and suffered.
The Rep tried to make it work but I was told I needed it because of slow heart beat, completely ignore and never felt better.
For all them years I feel as if this was to see if the first had a defectI feel so use five years of my life was awful.

take care

 

Hello Everyone! I am new to pmclub and would like and appreciate any feedback I can get. I have had my pm for about 4 weeks now. I had to have my atrial lead repositioned only hours after having surgery due to diaphragm stimulation. I did well for about two weeks then started to notice it happening again. I have had three adjustments to it since. I can't sleep on my stomach at all and occasionally if I am leaning forword or laughing I still have the same problem. My cardiologist said I was so difficult he would not try again and suggested I either live with it or go to an EP specialist and see if they could try to place the leads better. He really did not know if they could do any better. I am not sure what I should do. I really d...

 

Hi everyone! Hope youre all well.

Got a problem that is probably not heart or pm related, but it could be.

Left thumb twitching, left arm and leg tingling.

Any thoughts???

Thanks

HH

 

I had a pacemaker fitted in June 2010. I didn't realise it was going to be so brutal and had an ablation procedure 3 days later.
Just after my pacemaker was programmed, I got migraine aura and had a migraine attack. The same happened when the pacemaker programme was tweeked. I am told this has nothing to do with the pacemaker, but I am not so sure. I also have a pain in my left jaw bone intermittently, a black dot and clouding in front of my right eye, bladder problems, cramp in left hand quite badly and a general feeling of arthritisness in my whole body. I have suffered from migraine since a child but have never had so much pain in my head, even the bridge of my nose hurts. The pacemaker was inserted because of Irregular Heartbea...

 

One year since my PM implant, I have doing exceptionally well, with no restrictions.

Today I began to feel very tired and slightly short of breath.

Checking my pulse I found it to be low: 52 bpm, but with a normal O-2 sat of 98%.

I will be calling the doctor in the morning.

In the meantime, any ideas on what the problem could be?

 

HI CHICKS AND CHAPS

Am much better gosh had forgotten how sore you feel afterwards.

Thank you all for your kind thoughts and wishes.

No need to worry about Wannabe and her cold hands mine are here and at the ready warmed and soft.

I have new appointment for my arm now in September it will be nice to straighten it out again at the moment am walking around like a proper mincer and I am not a natural mincer.

Loads of Love Bella xxxxxxx

 

When I use my home Carelink home monitor or when my Dr. uses his monitor to check my Medtronics PM it hurts like hell. It isn’t the surgery which has healed very well and never hurt. It feels like a strong cramp inside my chest, like a burning muscle sort of pain. It happens 30 seconds or so after the monitoring starts. After I’ve done my monitoring it stops but takes a few minutes to feel normal again.

I also can feel my pacemaker when it fires off. It isn’t too painful but feels like a static shock. My Dr. doesn’t seem to know what is going on but I can tell he knows something is wrong. He lowered the voltage on the PM but it still feels the same.